President to visit expo, reinforcing opening-up

The second China International Import Expo will open in Shanghai on Nov 5. [Photo/VCG]
Twenty-one metric tons of pineapples from Panama arrived at Yangshan Deepwater Port south of Shanghai last week to feed Chinese consumers' appetite for what growers claim is the world's sweetest pineapple.

Last year, Panamanian pineapples first entered the country under a special arrangement for the China International Import Expo, even though they had not cleared quarantine. Shortly afterward, papers were signed - witnessed by President Xi Jinping and President Juan Carlos Varela of Panama - approving the importation of agricultural products from the Central American country.

Now, with the second edition of the expo opening in Shanghai on Tuesday, more than 3,000 enterprises from some 150 countries and regions are looking to bring products and services to China and other countries through the world's first import-themed national-level exhibition.